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'''Tale Heydarov''' (Azerbaijani: Tale Heydərov; born 9 February 1985) is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor in the educational sector.
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== Early life and education ==
Tale attended [[Collingham College]], London, from 2001–2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the [[London School of Economics]] and Political Science (LSE) from 2003–2006.


He achieved a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from [[Birkbeck, University of London]], in 2008.
'''Tale Heydarov''' ({{lang-az|Tale Heydərov}}; born 9 February 1985) is an Azerbaijani businessperson and lobbyist. He is the son of [[Kamaladdin Heydarov]], the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2013-11-24|title=Plush hotels and caviar diplomacy: how Azerbaijan's elite wooed MPs|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/azerbaijan-caviar-diplomacy-for-mps|access-date=2021-07-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>


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== Career ==
He founded the [[The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)|European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)]], a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan. It has since closed. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mammadova|first=Paul Radu, Khadija Ismayilova and Madina|title=The Influence Machine|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/the-influence-machine|access-date=2021-07-05|website=OCCRP|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Broers|first=Broers Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Armenia_and_Azerbaijan.html?id=BHgxEAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description|title=Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry|date=2019-08-21|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-1-4744-5055-3|pages=220|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The group was involved in the [[Azerbaijani laundromat]] scandal. Heydarov was also implicated in a 2018 investigation by the [[The Daphne Project|Daphne Project]] into companies that invested in secret across Europe through a Maltese bank.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2018-04-23|title=Azeri ruling families linked to secret investments via Maltese bank|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/azerbaijan-ruling-families-linked-to-secret-investments-via-maltese-bank|access-date=2021-07-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
Dedicated to education, Heydarov is currently Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS),<ref>[https://www.ibo.org/en/school/051153 European Azerbaijan School (EAS)]</ref> a private co-educational day-school applying the [[International Baccalaureate]] Primary Years Programme, [[Cambridge Assessment International Education|Cambridge International Examinations]] and the IB Diploma Programme. EAS is a member of the Council of International Schools network. Recently, branches have been established in London and Reading, their purpose being to provide tuition in Azerbaijani language, history, culture and music for the children of expatriate Azerbaijanis.


Heydarov is also the Founder and Director of the Azerbaijani Teacher’s Development Centre (ATDC), which offers training from international educators for local teachers on state-of-the-art educational methodologies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2018 |title=Azerbaijan Teacher Development Centre accredited as Cambridge Professional Development Centre |url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijan_Teacher_Development_Centre_accredited_as_Cambridge_Professional_Development_Centre-1171945 |website=Azertac}}</ref>
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== Early life ==
He is the son of [[Kamaladdin Heydarov]], the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.<ref name=":2" /> BBC News has described Kamaladdin Heydarov as among "the wealthiest and most powerful in the governing elite" in Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-06-02|title=Azerbaijan boom benefits super-rich oil elite|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10156909|access-date=2021-07-05}}</ref> According to a 2010 leaked US diplomatic cable, Kamaladdin Heydarov accrued "massive wealth" as chairman of the Azerbaijan customs agency, “an agency that is notoriously corrupt, even by Azerbaijani standards.”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chastand|first=Miranda Patrucic, Juliette Garside, Khadija Ismayilova, and Jean-Baptiste|title=Pilatus: A Private Bank for Azerbaijan’s Ruling Elite|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/pilatus-a-private-bank-for-azerbaijans-ruling-elite|access-date=2021-07-05|website=OCCRP|language=en}}</ref>


He is the Founder of Libraff, the largest bookshop chain in Azerbaijan, which has numerous stores in the capital of Baku, in addition to Ganja and Sumgayit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=˝LIBRAFF˝ kitab mağazasının ˝Sumqayıt˝ filialı açılıb - FOTO |url=https://apa.az/az/edebiyyat/libraff-kitab-magazasinin-sumqayit-filiali-acilib-foto-711607 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Apa.az |language=az}}</ref>
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He has degrees from [[Collingham College]], London; [[London School of Economics]], International Relations and History; and [[Birkbeck, University of London]], Master's degree in International Security and Global Governance.


Furthermore, Heydarov founded TEAS Press, which publishes books focusing on Azerbaijani history, culture, science and literature in the Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish languages. It has an imprint named ‘3 Alma’, which publishes children’s literature from around the world in Azerbaijani translations. TEAS Press is also an appointed stockist of the complete suite of Cambridge ELT resources.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Teas Press" "Ən yaxşı nəşriyyat" seçilib |url=https://apa.az/az/medeniyyet-siyaseti/teas-press-en-yaxsi-nesriyyat-secilib-552471 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Apa.az |language=az}}</ref>
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== Career ==
Tale Heydarov is Chairman of the Board of [https://www.gilanholding.com/ Gilan Holdings], a conglomerate business in Azerbaijan. Heyadrov took over the company from his father who founded the company in the 1980s.<ref name=":3" /> The company has invested in the Azeri football clubs Gabala FC football club and Gabala Sports Club. Tale was president of Gabala FC from 2005 to 2019, and Gabala Sports Club since 2013.


From 2006–2019, Heydarov was Chief Editor of Visions of Azerbaijan magazine that published articles and interviews on all aspects of Azerbaijani culture, history and international relations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2006 |title="VISIONS OF AZERBAIJAN AND BRITAIN" MAGAZINE PRESENTED |url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/VISIONS_OF_AZERBAIJAN_AND_BRITAIN_MAGAZINE_PRESENTED-560506 |website=Azertac}}</ref>
Tale is the founder of several companies in the publishing sector, including [http://www.teaspress.az/lang,en/ TEAS PRESS Publishing House] and the Libraff chain of bookstores, which sells publications in Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish. Heydarov has published books about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through his publishing house. His publications include [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Armenian-Question-Caucasus-Documents-Publications/dp/0863724094/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1560499773&refinements=p_27%3ATale+Heydarov&s=books&sr=1-1 The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications (2011)], the [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Khojaly-Witness-War-Crime-Armenia/dp/0863725406/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1560500043&refinements=p_27%3AFiona+C.+Maclachlan&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Fiona+C.+Maclachlan Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock (2015)] and [http://www.teaspress.az/book,143/lang,en/ Karabakh History in the Context of Conflict (2015)] and [http://www.teaspress.az/book,135/lang,en/ The People the World Forgot.]


While a student in London, Heydarov founded the London Azerbaijani Society which later developed into the [[The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)|European Azerbaijani Society (TEAS)]]. It is a lobbying group which was known for sponsoring luxurious trips for European politicians to travel to Azerbaijan and promoting the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The group was involved in the [[Azerbaijani laundromat]] scandal.
He was formerly the Founder and Chairman of [[The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)|European Azerbaijani Society (TEAS)]], a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting Azerbaijan across Europe, in addition to raising awareness of the then-unresolved Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh. Headquartered in London, TEAS operated on a pan-European basis, opening offices in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul and Baku.


Heydarov was previously the Founder and President of the Qabala Sports Club, which included the football team [[FK Qabala]]. This was managed by [[Tony Adams]] from 2010–2011, former captain of Arsenal and the England national team. FK Qabala won the National Cup in 2019, and came third in the Azerbaijani Premier League from 2013–2015, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tale Heydərov: "Artıq mənim üçün bu vəzifədən getməyin vaxtı çatıb" |url=https://report.az/futbol-xeberleri/tale-heyderov-artiq-menim-ucun-bu-vezifeden-getmeyin-vaxti-catib/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az}}</ref>
Tale is also the founder of the [http://www.visions.az/en/ Visions of Azerbaijan magazine], which began in 2006 but also launched as a [http://www.visionstv.az/en/static/2/ digital TV channel in 2016.] Both closed in 2018 as they went into insolvency.

== Awards and prizes ==
In 2011, he was awarded the Progress Medal for his Contribution to the Development of the Azerbaijani Diaspora by [[Ilham Aliyev|Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azərbaycan diasporunun inkişafındakı xidmətlərinə görə bir qrup şəxsin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/2681 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=president.az |language=az}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
He is married with one daughter and one son.
He is married with one daughter and two sons.

He is the son of Kamaladdin Heydarov, the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.

== Films ==
He was [[Executive producer]] of the movies:

* "Gənc səslər, qədim nəğmələr"
* "Azərbaycan xaricilərin gözü ilə"
* "İvonna Botto-Şirməmmədovanın həyat hekayəsi".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-22 |title="Gənc Səslər, Qədim Nəğmə" adlı sənədli filmin nümayişi keçirildi - FOTOLAR |url=https://teleqraf.com/news/toplum/113574.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Teleqraf.com |language=az}}</ref>

== Publications (Publisher/Editor) ==
'''English'''
* International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh – From History to Future Peace Prospects. Baku, 2007<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 January 2007 |title=International Visions: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh. From History to Future Peace Prospects |isbn=978-9952809244 }}</ref>
* Azerbaijan: 100 Questions Answered. Baku, 2008<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 November 2008 |title=Azerbaijan - 100 Questions Answered: 100 Questions Answered: 3rd Edition |id={{ASIN|9952806809|country=uk}} }}</ref>
* Ordubadi M.S. Years of Blood – A History of the Armenian–Muslim Clashes in the Caucausus, 1905–06. London, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Years of Blood |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/17328035-years-of-blood-a-history-of-the-armenian-muslim-clashes-in-the-caucasus |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
* The Armenian Question in the Caucasus – Russian Archive Documents and Publications. Vols. 1–3. London, 2012<ref>{{Cite book |date=1 July 2011 |title=The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications, 1724-1914 (Three Volume Set) |isbn=978-0863724091 |last1=Heydarov |first1=Tale }}</ref>
* Khojaly: Witness of a War Crime – Armenia in the Dock. London, 2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2015 |title=Book "Khojaly Witness of a war crime – Armenia in the Dock" launches in London |url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Book__quotKhojaly_Witness_of_a_war_crime___Armenia_in_the_Dock_quot_launches_in_London-868642 |website=Azertac}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |date=30 March 2015 |title=Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock |isbn=978-0863725401 |last1=Heydarov |first1=Tale |last2=Peart |first2=Ian |last3=Machlachlan |first3=Fiona }}</ref>

'''Azerbaijani'''
* Qafqazda "erməni məsələsi" – Rusiya arxiv sənədləri və nəşrləri üzrə. Üç cilddə. Bakı, 2011<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2011 |title=Londonda "Qafqazda "erməni məsələsi". 1724-1914. Rusiya arxiv sənədləri və nəşrləri üzrə" üçcildliyi nəşr edilmişdir |url=https://azertag.az/xeber/Londonda_Qafqazda_ermeni_meselesi_1724_1914_Rusiya_arxiv_senedleri_ve_nesrleri_uzre_uchcildliyi_nesr_edilmisdir-538937 |website=Azertac}}</ref>
* Foks, L. Şahə qalxan dalğalar – Yeni qlobal reallıqla qarşılaşarkən. Bakı, 2014

'''Russian'''
* Азербайджан: 100 вопросов и ответов. Баку, 2008
* «Армянский вопрос» на Кавказе. По материалам российских архивов и изданий. В трех томах. СПб., 2011
* Ордубади М.С. Кровавые годы. История армяно-мусульманской войны на Кавказе в 1905–06 годах. СПб. 2010
* Карабах: История в контексте конфликта. СПб. 2014
* Ходжалы: Очевидцы – О Военных Преступлениях Суд над Арменией, СПб., 2015


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:34, 20 July 2023

Tale Heydarov
Personal details
Born (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 (age 39)
NationalityAzerbaijani
Children3
ParentKamaladdin Heydarov
Alma materCollingham College; London School of Economics and Political Science; Birkbeck, University of London
OccupationFounder of science and education organisations
Websitehttps://taleheydarov.com

Tale Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Tale Heydərov; born 9 February 1985) is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor in the educational sector.

Early life and education

Tale attended Collingham College, London, from 2001–2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2003–2006.

He achieved a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London, in 2008.

Career

Dedicated to education, Heydarov is currently Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS),[1] a private co-educational day-school applying the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Cambridge International Examinations and the IB Diploma Programme. EAS is a member of the Council of International Schools network. Recently, branches have been established in London and Reading, their purpose being to provide tuition in Azerbaijani language, history, culture and music for the children of expatriate Azerbaijanis.

Heydarov is also the Founder and Director of the Azerbaijani Teacher’s Development Centre (ATDC), which offers training from international educators for local teachers on state-of-the-art educational methodologies.[2]

He is the Founder of Libraff, the largest bookshop chain in Azerbaijan, which has numerous stores in the capital of Baku, in addition to Ganja and Sumgayit.[3]

Furthermore, Heydarov founded TEAS Press, which publishes books focusing on Azerbaijani history, culture, science and literature in the Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish languages. It has an imprint named ‘3 Alma’, which publishes children’s literature from around the world in Azerbaijani translations. TEAS Press is also an appointed stockist of the complete suite of Cambridge ELT resources.[4]

From 2006–2019, Heydarov was Chief Editor of Visions of Azerbaijan magazine that published articles and interviews on all aspects of Azerbaijani culture, history and international relations.[5]

He was formerly the Founder and Chairman of European Azerbaijani Society (TEAS), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting Azerbaijan across Europe, in addition to raising awareness of the then-unresolved Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh. Headquartered in London, TEAS operated on a pan-European basis, opening offices in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul and Baku.

Heydarov was previously the Founder and President of the Qabala Sports Club, which included the football team FK Qabala. This was managed by Tony Adams from 2010–2011, former captain of Arsenal and the England national team. FK Qabala won the National Cup in 2019, and came third in the Azerbaijani Premier League from 2013–2015, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[6]

Awards and prizes

In 2011, he was awarded the Progress Medal for his Contribution to the Development of the Azerbaijani Diaspora by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.[7]

Personal life

He is married with one daughter and two sons.

He is the son of Kamaladdin Heydarov, the Azerbaijan minister for emergency situations.

Films

He was Executive producer of the movies:

  • "Gənc səslər, qədim nəğmələr"
  • "Azərbaycan xaricilərin gözü ilə"
  • "İvonna Botto-Şirməmmədovanın həyat hekayəsi".[8]

Publications (Publisher/Editor)

English

  • International Visions: The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh – From History to Future Peace Prospects. Baku, 2007[9]
  • Azerbaijan: 100 Questions Answered. Baku, 2008[10]
  • Ordubadi M.S. Years of Blood – A History of the Armenian–Muslim Clashes in the Caucausus, 1905–06. London, 2010[11]
  • The Armenian Question in the Caucasus – Russian Archive Documents and Publications. Vols. 1–3. London, 2012[12]
  • Khojaly: Witness of a War Crime – Armenia in the Dock. London, 2014[13][14]

Azerbaijani

  • Qafqazda "erməni məsələsi" – Rusiya arxiv sənədləri və nəşrləri üzrə. Üç cilddə. Bakı, 2011[15]
  • Foks, L. Şahə qalxan dalğalar – Yeni qlobal reallıqla qarşılaşarkən. Bakı, 2014

Russian

  • Азербайджан: 100 вопросов и ответов. Баку, 2008
  • «Армянский вопрос» на Кавказе. По материалам российских архивов и изданий. В трех томах. СПб., 2011
  • Ордубади М.С. Кровавые годы. История армяно-мусульманской войны на Кавказе в 1905–06 годах. СПб. 2010
  • Карабах: История в контексте конфликта. СПб. 2014
  • Ходжалы: Очевидцы – О Военных Преступлениях Суд над Арменией, СПб., 2015

References

  1. ^ European Azerbaijan School (EAS)
  2. ^ "Azerbaijan Teacher Development Centre accredited as Cambridge Professional Development Centre". Azertac. 12 June 2018.
  3. ^ "˝LIBRAFF˝ kitab mağazasının ˝Sumqayıt˝ filialı açılıb - FOTO". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  4. ^ ""Teas Press" "Ən yaxşı nəşriyyat" seçilib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  5. ^ ""VISIONS OF AZERBAIJAN AND BRITAIN" MAGAZINE PRESENTED". Azertac. 15 April 2006.
  6. ^ "Tale Heydərov: "Artıq mənim üçün bu vəzifədən getməyin vaxtı çatıb"". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  7. ^ "Azərbaycan diasporunun inkişafındakı xidmətlərinə görə bir qrup şəxsin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  8. ^ ""Gənc Səslər, Qədim Nəğmə" adlı sənədli filmin nümayişi keçirildi - FOTOLAR". Teleqraf.com (in Azerbaijani). 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  9. ^ International Visions: The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh. From History to Future Peace Prospects. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-9952809244.
  10. ^ Azerbaijan - 100 Questions Answered: 100 Questions Answered: 3rd Edition. 1 November 2008. ASIN 9952806809.
  11. ^ "Years of Blood". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  12. ^ Heydarov, Tale (1 July 2011). The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications, 1724-1914 (Three Volume Set). ISBN 978-0863724091.
  13. ^ "Book "Khojaly Witness of a war crime – Armenia in the Dock" launches in London". Azertac. 2 July 2015.
  14. ^ Heydarov, Tale; Peart, Ian; Machlachlan, Fiona (30 March 2015). Khojaly Witness of a War Crime: Armenia in the Dock. ISBN 978-0863725401.
  15. ^ "Londonda "Qafqazda "erməni məsələsi". 1724-1914. Rusiya arxiv sənədləri və nəşrləri üzrə" üçcildliyi nəşr edilmişdir". Azertac. 20 September 2011.
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